weaponepsilon Posted November 7, 2023 Report Share Posted November 7, 2023 Welp. I'm an idiot. I said I would be done. I wanted less projects. I said I wouldn't buy any more basses because I picked up a nice Schecter Diamond Elite 5. I had a frustrating time with an Sr400fl electronics because I had $100 burning a hole in my project..... So.... I logged into ebay and an Ibanez sr505 scrolled across the my screen, used with a case, auction for charity, price was only a paltry $110. I always wantrd one so popped a $150 bid on it, and stupidly enough,won. After an anxious week of waiting and apologizing to my long suffering wife, it showed up intact courtesy of the Fed Ex man. Immediately, I set about testing it to verify it worked and take stock of what i had just gotten into. Someone has abused this poor bass. The finish is shot. The was blue paint all over everything, the nut was off and double taped, theres a hairline crack on the head stock, one of the tuner screws was stripped, the action is all frets, the saddles dont appear to be setup at all..... Someone has added 2 push/pull pots to the electronics, so theres that. I want to refinish this beast and have this serve as a cautionary tale of ebay guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Woozle Posted November 7, 2023 Report Share Posted November 7, 2023 Ebay is a terrible habit (says the man who bought a set of Schaller M6 135s cheap earlier today...) but there's so much potential out there - good luck with this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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